This video demonstrates where flashing could be leaking from on a brick wall.
Flashing flat roof brick wall.
Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal bent at right angles with about eight to 12 inches on each side of the angle.
Install base flashing under shingles or over metal roofing material.
The lead flashing seems a bit cracked and there is water leakage into the rooms below.
I wonder if i need a new roof.
I have a flat roof adjoining a brick wall.
Follow the photo for illustrated instructions.
If the roof runs flat up against the brick wall you must install the roof side of the flashing either under the last layer of shingles or over the roof material if it is metal.
It is commonly used in two story and side split houses.
Lead seems very expensive and i wonder what the trade is using instead if at all.
It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof.
That lip is then set into a reglet or groove in this case cut into the mortar joint of the brick wall above.
Proper roof wall flashing example.
Flashing on a wall above a flat roof.
Here is a guide on how to install lead flashing to your roof.
A couple of trades people have suggested i need new flashing.